Hi Phil,
This reminds me of a story ...
Approximately 20 years ago, my colleague and myself (same colleague as
the other story) were supporting a company in QC.
Every time the customer called, it took (what seemed like forever) for
the introductory hello.
Part of it was due to their announcing the company name letter-by-letter
(rather than having an acronym).
(Their company name was abbreviated to 6 letters.)
Since English wasn't their mother tongue, they spoke really slowly which
added to the snail pace.
We suggested to them that they should make a word out of the company
initials to speed things up on the phone.
(I'm also from Southern Ontario -- I say doss and cics.)
Regards,
David
On 2021-05-07 15:25, Phil Smith III wrote:
Recapping:
Tom Brennan asked:
Side subject - so how do you pronounce CPACF? I always say each letter,
but some IBM crypto folks say C-Pack-F
I spell it out. "See-pack-eff" makes my head hurt.
Chris Hoelscher added:
Or, for that matter, is it C - I - C - S or KIX? (I use the former, but I
know many use the latter)
René Jansen:
My observation: Brits say KIX, Americans C-I-C-S and Germans, Austrians and
Swiss say SIKS.
And is it Italians or Brasilians who say "cheeks"? That's my favorite.
Charles Mills:
When I moved Eastern to Western US many moons ago it seemed to me as if in
the East I had always heard the acronyms spelled out: D-O-S, C-I-C-S; but
that in the West I heard "doss" and "kicks."
I grew up in Southern Ontario, have been at vendors in the East for 35
years; I've always said "doss" and see-eye-see-ess. Go figure.
DASD is always pronounced, isn't it? Does anyone ever say D-A-S-D?
Non-mainframers!
Db2 on the other hand is always spelled. No one ever says "dub-two."
But they mostly spell it wrong ("DB2"). That's IBM's fault for changing it.
wjanulin:
That is ok. I once had a senior manager ask me what was the difference
between C.I.C.S. and kicks. With a smile, l told him they are one in the
same.
*one AND the same (just sayin').
Tom Brennan <mailto:t...@tombrennansoftware.com> t...@tombrennansoftware.com
via ua.edu
Ha ha - now you reminded me of a phone call years ago with an ISV
programmer in England (I'm in USA). The guy said something like, "What
does that Wah-Toe indicate?" And I'm like, Wah-Toe???? Oh... it's WTO :)
A friend worked with someone who pronounced EVERYTHING like words. So
"CPACF" would probably be something like "suh-pack-eff". Not recommending
this approach, mind you.
I say C-I-C-S too.
Oops... this is the stuff David Crayford said drives people away from
this group. I'll stop now.
Nah. As Dave Gibney notes, DELETE key is easy. But hijacking a thread is
arguably uncool (not complainin' myself, just noting that there is a
reasonable argument that says "If you're gonna change the subject, change
the subject"), hence this note!
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